Aaron Finch's blazing 74 powered new entrants Gujarat Lions to a convincing five-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab and open Gujarat's campaign in an emphatic manner in the ninth edition of the IPL at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.

Openers Aaron Finch (50) and Brendon McCullum (49) came out all guns blazing, adding 85 runs for the first wicket, to power Gujarat Lions to a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Rising Pune Supergiants.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/29) and Mustafizur Rahman (1/19) shared five wickets together to enable Sunrisers Hyderabad restrict Gujarat Lions to 135/8 in the 15th match of the IPL season 9 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.